Waste or rag picker



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E. R. VERDILL. WASTE 0R RAG PIGKER.`

No. 530,615. Petented Dee.-11,1894

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`NITED STATES:

PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD R. COVERDILL, OF CLIFTON HEIGHTS, PENNSYLVANIA.

WASTE OR RAG PICKER.

CIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 530,615, dated December 11, 1894.

`Application filed April 23, 1S94= Serial No. 503,612. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD R. CovERDILL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Clifton Heights, Delaware county, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Waste or Rag Pickers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to pickers, for opening the bers in hard twisted waste, cloth clippings, and rags.` It belongs to a classof im-` provements on pickers; known as lumpers.

The object of my improvement is, to automatically return all unopened lumps of waste or cloth, back to, and upon the feed apron of the machine, so that they may be fed through the machine until the lumps are opened into loose fibers.

The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of two endless aprons, so arranged as to receive the lumps on one apron, which drops them on another apron, that carries them over the top of the feed apron, and drops them in front of the feed rollers, that feed them again into the picker cylinder, as

illustrated in the accompanying drawing, which represents a vertical and longitudinal section of a picker, `having; my improvement connected thereto. t Y

Myimprovementworks automatically, saves much time, labor, and reduces the cost of open- 4ing fibers from waste or cloth.

The feed apron A, feed rollers, and cylinder E of the picker, are constructed as usual in waste and rag pickers; and provided with a cover F. The apron B, is mounted on three rollers, 7, 8 and 9, and by the roller 10, and apron D, is stretched tight to a form as shown in the drawing. The apron D, is mounted on rollers l0 and 1l, in a frame above the cover F, and supported by post G, and trunnion shown bydotted lines, fitted in socket 12, fastened to the ber box, but made adj ustable, as is also the roller 7.

(l, is the driving pulley, which drives the apron B, and it, by friction drives the apron D.

They operations are as follows:-Waste, cloth-clippings or rags, are placed on the apron A which moves in the direction of arrow l. This apron feeds the ra gs into the picker. The cylinder E, revolves in direction of arrow 2. All opened fibers will discharge as indicated by arrow 3. All lumps will be thrown on the apron B, as indicated by arrow 4, and the apron B, will carry the lumps up as indicated by the arrow 5, where they will be dropped on the apron D, and carried as indicated by the arrow 6, and dropped on the apron A, and againfeed into the machine. y

Having as above fully describedmy invention and the method of operation, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a picker for opening hard twistedwaste, cloth-clippings, or rags; the combination'of a picker cylinder, a feed apron therefor, and two supplemental aprons (B and D), located above the picker cylinder, so that apron B will catch unbroken lumps of fibrous material thrown upon it by the cylinder; and deliver them to the apron D, and said apron D, deliver them in turn to the picker feed apron, to feed them again into the picker, as shown and described.

E. R. COVERDILL.

Witnesses:

JOHN SHINN, JOHN DOLMAN, Jr. 

